The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-09

were sent from st. Adams specially for the
purpose Thousands of people visited the
scene Sunday, coming with teams from far
and near.
THE death of Conductor Burgess of the
sleeping.car " st. Adams " furnishes an
illustration of the uncertainties of life. He
was to have been married Saturday. but
was unable TO arrange matters so ~ TO get
leave OF absence on Friday. Boston Globe
CONDUCTOR SMITH STURTEvANT was n
member of the Fifth Vermont Regiment and
was wounded in the Wilderness. He had
been employed by the road twenty-five
years and had run the same train for eleven
years. He leaves a wife and four children.
SO far as can be learned, not one person
was on the train whose destination was
Montpelier, and the circumstance Is 80
unusual as to be worthy of note, for the
night trains each way almost invariably
carry from one to twenty passengers bound
for the capital.
THE damage to rolling stock is estimated
at 100000 A wooden bridge like the old
one will cost $4,000, but the structure will
probably be rebuilt with iron, costing $780,
900. The money loss to the road from the
interruption to travel will be large. besides
the losses of human life.- Boston AdUertiser.
SUPERINTENDENT w. A. STowELt of the
Boston & Lowell road has made Montpelier
his headquarters since the accident, and has
personally directed the dspatching of
trains over the Montpelier q Wells River
railroad. He has been assisted by his pri-
vate secretary, G. b. +. Palmer of Woods
vile.
BLACK Jumps of dirt, on being inspected,
frequently were found to be chunks of sill
yer coin melted together. One lump, on
being rubbed, proved to he composed of
some dozen $40 and $50 gold pieces, all
soldered together into an indivisible mass
by the intense heat they had been sub
iected to.
Two of the injured arrived at the Pavilion
Hotel, Montpelier, Sunday morning - Mi
chael Lacallade, a Cattle-buver of Lawrence,
Mass, who is confined to his room and is
attended by his sister from Barre: and
Charles A. Hubbard of Cambridge. Mass,
who had two teeth knocked out and his
chin badly bruised.
THE following-named physicians were in
attendance upon the wounded, all in the
employ of the Central Vermont road: Drs.
Bingham and Cfrinnell of Burlington DIR.
Emerson of West Hartford; Drs. Rand,
Bray, Daley and Watson of White River
Junction; DR.. Currier of Hartford; DR.. G.
A. Frost, dean of the faculty of the Medical
College, and DR.. w. T. Smith of Hanover,
New Hampshire.
NJ. r. BURGESS, the Pullman car cOuduc-
tOr, was an lntlinate 1rlenu OF II. II. IOWner
Of this place, and the two had planned to
attend the Montreal carnival together this
week The deceased made many pleasant
acquaintance in Montpelier during a brief
visit at Mr.. Towner's home last summer.
His " run was the same as that filed by
Mr.. Towner, and to it he was the latter s
immediate successor.
EVERY article of clothing, scrap Of paper
or other thing which may have been upon
any passenger is being carefully saved and
written up for the purpose of identification
and parties having friends unaccounted for
will be afforded every means or clew to the
identification of lost or unknown. The best
of police protection has been given from the
first Some of the wreck is roped off fol
many feet, and no one but the workmen and
interested known parties are allowed inside
CHARLES III. PIERCE of White River June
ton, engineer of the wrecked train, is about
thirty-eight years old, has been in the
roads employ as engineer fourteen years
and is considered one of its most faithful
employees. All accounts agree with his that
although the train was about an hour late
and had been running perhaps thirty miles
an hour, yet at the time of the accident he
had slowed up to about fifteen or twenty
miles an hour, as is the usual custom in
| crossing long bridges After the accident
both he and Fireman Thrasher of st. AL
bans rendered heroic and efficient aid in
rescuing passengers.
THE officials of the Central Vermont roaC
| have done their utmost to alleviate the mis-
| fortunes of those who suffered from the
| terrible disaster on their road. They were
early on the scene, and went systematically
and theoretically to work to settle affairs
and care for the dead and wounded. Tn,
adverse criticisms against railroads usual,
heard when accidents occur have beer
omitted in this instance So far as at pres
ent learned the accident did not result
from any carelessness or neglect of the rail
road, so naturally ugly words have no
been uttered against it. As soon as the
news of the calamity reached the author
tiles of the road Mr.. Charles p Tarbell, 10
cal attorney of the road, was telegraphed t,
go to this place and to make the injured
! comfortable, and to spare no pains or eX
pense in doing so. The road has provided
doctors, nurses, medicines and coffins anC
is paying all the expenses of the injured
paying their kilograms, POSTAGE transporta
ton home, the transportation of friend
who come to them and their expenses also
and furnishes hospital treatment to thos
who desire it.-B0Ston Herald.
PRESENT RAILROAD ARRANGEMENTS.
UNTIL the bridge is rebuilt regular through
trains to Boston will be run via the Well
River railroad. Timber for the new bridg
was taken down from St. Adams Sunday
and it is stated by an old bridge-man tina
trains will be running over the main line il
| the course of a week.